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ICDS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
On Smart-Care Services: Studies of Visually Impaired Users in Living Contexts
- Smart care technology is any sensor based technology used to aid and support human independent living. Such technologies offer new potential and can give rise to new problems for...
Ying Liu, Jean Bacon, Roger Wilson-Hinds
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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14 years 5 months ago
An Indoor Localization Aid for the Visually Impaired
— This paper presents an indoor human localization system for the visually impaired. A prototype portable device has been implemented, consisting of a pedometer and a standard wh...
Joel A. Hesch, Stergios I. Roumeliotis
WISE
2003
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Traversing the Web: Mobility Heuristics for Visually Impaired Surfers
— Movement, or mobility, is key to the accessibility, design, and usability of many websites. While some peripheral mobility issues have been addressed few have centered on the m...
Simon Harper, Carole A. Goble, Robert Stevens
ASSETS
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Leveraging proprioception to make mobile phones more accessible to users with visual impairments
Accessing the advanced functions of a mobile phone is not a trivial task for users with visual impairments. They rely on screen readers and voice commands to discover and execute ...
Frank Chun Yat Li, David Dearman, Khai N. Truong
ICCHP
2010
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
A Mobile Phone Application Enabling Visually Impaired Users to Find and Read Product Barcodes
Abstract. While there are many barcode readers available for identifying products in a supermarket or at home on mobile phones (e.g., Red Laser iPhone app), such readers are inacce...
Ender Tekin, James M. Coughlan